Costs and benefits. These are the things all of us consider when we make countless decisions about how to live our lives. Considering costs and benefits is so ingrained in the human experience that we do it intuitively. And yet, when it comes to the most important part of our lives (energy), many people are fixated on only one side of the cost/benefit ledger. “‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” does an excellent job shining light on the enormous costs that come with industrial wind, solar, and electric vehicles. It’s ugly, expensive, and worst of all, it’s an impossible delusion.
As the book makes clear, the current narrative about the forthcoming “energy transition” is a complete fraud. It is an energy/economic/environmental disaster. And it’s already here. This book begins by providing the reader with the three most glaring cautionary tales of the energy narrative colliding with energy reality: California, Germany, and Australia. We can now add Texas to that list. The state came within minutes of a catastrophic collapse of its electric grid in February of 2021, the consequences of which would have been beyond imagining. Perhaps a million dead and more than $1 Trillion in property damage (my estimate).
One of the important themes the book drives home is the fact that nothing in the modern world exists without fossil fuels. Nothing. This was the primary message of my 2011 documentary film “spOILed”. We are not addicted to oil, we are spoiled by it (as well as by coal and natural gas). There is no way to replace these essential resources. They are in nearly every product and are used to power everything that makes everything. It should be obvious to all, but the western world is trapped in a mass delusion that ignores this fact.
The consequences of our mass delusion about energy and climate are bigger still. This book exposes that tragic exploitation of people in Africa, China, and beyond. Children are essentially used as slaves in Congo to mine cobalt, and China enslaves Uyghurs for a variety of purposes that help the CCP become more dominant. As I explain in my two-part series “Rare Earth Emergency”, Communist China already controls about 95 percent of the rare earth supply chain. In “‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” Todd Royal and Ronald Stein provide far more detail than Clear Energy Alliance could in two 4-minute animated videos. (See our videos on YouTube, search Clear Energy Alliance.)
This book is dense with compelling information, but it’s highly readable even for those who have never studied energy. I found a couple of issues I could quibble with, but only in a matter of degree. For example, it appears Royal & Stein are more concerned about potential problems due to human-induced climate change than I am, but there is certainly room for disagreement here. They still understand that building a resilient energy infrastructure and bringing much more energy to the developing world is far more important than inconsequential efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
The chapters in this book are written to stand alone. This is good for understanding a single issue, however this creates a situation where there is a fair bit of repetition of common themes and facts. Energy is a broad topic with lots of complexity, so repetition is unavoidable. In this book be ready for a little more repetition than normal.
“‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” is comprehensive without being overly technical. If we could get every high schooler across the world to read it, we could instantly stop the dangerous and destructive mass delusion about wind, solar, and EVs revolutionizing how we live. It’s a false promise, one that will bring incomprehensible amounts of pain, suffering, and economic ruin. I wish Royal and Stein the best of luck in reaching as many people as possible with this important book.
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Costs and benefits. These are the things all of us consider when we make countless decisions about how to live our lives. Considering costs and benefits is so ingrained in the human experience that we do it intuitively. And yet, when it comes to the most important part of our lives (energy), many people are fixated on only one side of the cost/benefit ledger. “‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” does an excellent job shining light on the enormous costs that come with industrial wind, solar, and electric vehicles. It’s ugly, expensive, and worst of all, it’s an impossible delusion.As the book makes clear, the current narrative about the forthcoming “energy transition” is a complete fraud. It is an energy/economic/environmental disaster. And it’s already here. This book begins by providing the reader with the three most glaring cautionary tales of the energy narrative colliding with energy reality: California, Germany, and Australia. We can now add Texas to that list. The state came within minutes of a catastrophic collapse of its electric grid in February of 2021, the consequences of which would have been beyond imagining. Perhaps a million dead and more than $1 Trillion in property damage (my estimate).One of the important themes the book drives home is the fact that nothing in the modern world exists without fossil fuels. Nothing. This was the primary message of my 2011 documentary film “spOILed”. We are not addicted to oil, we are spoiled by it (as well as by coal and natural gas). There is no way to replace these essential resources. They are in nearly every product and are used to power everything that makes everything. It should be obvious to all, but the western world is trapped in a mass delusion that ignores this fact.The consequences of our mass delusion about energy and climate are bigger still. This book exposes that tragic exploitation of people in Africa, China, and beyond. Children are essentially used as slaves in Congo to mine cobalt, and China enslaves Uyghurs for a variety of purposes that help the CCP become more dominant. As I explain in my two-part series “Rare Earth Emergency”, Communist China already controls about 95 percent of the rare earth supply chain. In “‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” Todd Royal and Ronald Stein provide far more detail than Clear Energy Alliance could in two 4-minute animated videos. (See our videos on YouTube, search Clear Energy Alliance.)This book is dense with compelling information, but it’s highly readable even for those who have never studied energy. I found a couple of issues I could quibble with, but only in a matter of degree. For example, it appears Royal & Stein are more concerned about potential problems due to human-induced climate change than I am, but there is certainly room for disagreement here. They still understand that building a resilient energy infrastructure and bringing much more energy to the developing world is far more important than inconsequential efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.The chapters in this book are written to stand alone. This is good for understanding a single issue, however this creates a situation where there is a fair bit of repetition of common themes and facts. Energy is a broad topic with lots of complexity, so repetition is unavoidable. In this book be ready for a little more repetition than normal.“‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” is comprehensive without being overly technical. If we could get every high schooler across the world to read it, we could instantly stop the dangerous and destructive mass delusion about wind, solar, and EVs revolutionizing how we live. It’s a false promise, one that will bring incomprehensible amounts of pain, suffering, and economic ruin. I wish Royal and Stein the best of luck in reaching as many people as possible with this important book.
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Costs and benefits. These are the things all of us consider when we make countless decisions about how to live our lives. Considering costs and benefits is so ingrained in the human experience that we do it intuitively. And yet, when it comes to the most important part of our lives (energy), many people are fixated on only one side of the cost/benefit ledger. “‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” does an excellent job shining light on the enormous costs that come with industrial wind, solar, and electric vehicles. It’s ugly, expensive, and worst of all, it’s an impossible delusion.
As the book makes clear, the current narrative about the forthcoming “energy transition” is a complete fraud. It is an energy/economic/environmental disaster. And it’s already here. This book begins by providing the reader with the three most glaring cautionary tales of the energy narrative colliding with energy reality: California, Germany, and Australia. We can now add Texas to that list. The state came within minutes of a catastrophic collapse of its electric grid in February of 2021, the consequences of which would have been beyond imagining. Perhaps a million dead and more than $1 Trillion in property damage (my estimate).
One of the important themes the book drives home is the fact that nothing in the modern world exists without fossil fuels. Nothing. This was the primary message of my 2011 documentary film “spOILed”. We are not addicted to oil, we are spoiled by it (as well as by coal and natural gas). There is no way to replace these essential resources. They are in nearly every product and are used to power everything that makes everything. It should be obvious to all, but the western world is trapped in a mass delusion that ignores this fact.
The consequences of our mass delusion about energy and climate are bigger still. This book exposes that tragic exploitation of people in Africa, China, and beyond. Children are essentially used as slaves in Congo to mine cobalt, and China enslaves Uyghurs for a variety of purposes that help the CCP become more dominant. As I explain in my two-part series “Rare Earth Emergency”, Communist China already controls about 95 percent of the rare earth supply chain. In “‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” Todd Royal and Ronald Stein provide far more detail than Clear Energy Alliance could in two 4-minute animated videos. (See our videos on YouTube, search Clear Energy Alliance.)
This book is dense with compelling information, but it’s highly readable even for those who have never studied energy. I found a couple of issues I could quibble with, but only in a matter of degree. For example, it appears Royal & Stein are more concerned about potential problems due to human-induced climate change than I am, but there is certainly room for disagreement here. They still understand that building a resilient energy infrastructure and bringing much more energy to the developing world is far more important than inconsequential efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
The chapters in this book are written to stand alone. This is good for understanding a single issue, however this creates a situation where there is a fair bit of repetition of common themes and facts. Energy is a broad topic with lots of complexity, so repetition is unavoidable. In this book be ready for a little more repetition than normal.
“‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” is comprehensive without being overly technical. If we could get every high schooler across the world to read it, we could instantly stop the dangerous and destructive mass delusion about wind, solar, and EVs revolutionizing how we live. It’s a false promise, one that will bring incomprehensible amounts of pain, suffering, and economic ruin. I wish Royal and Stein the best of luck in reaching as many people as possible with this important book.
As the book makes clear, the current narrative about the forthcoming “energy transition” is a complete fraud. It is an energy/economic/environmental disaster. And it’s already here. This book begins by providing the reader with the three most glaring cautionary tales of the energy narrative colliding with energy reality: California, Germany, and Australia. We can now add Texas to that list. The state came within minutes of a catastrophic collapse of its electric grid in February of 2021, the consequences of which would have been beyond imagining. Perhaps a million dead and more than $1 Trillion in property damage (my estimate).
One of the important themes the book drives home is the fact that nothing in the modern world exists without fossil fuels. Nothing. This was the primary message of my 2011 documentary film “spOILed”. We are not addicted to oil, we are spoiled by it (as well as by coal and natural gas). There is no way to replace these essential resources. They are in nearly every product and are used to power everything that makes everything. It should be obvious to all, but the western world is trapped in a mass delusion that ignores this fact.
The consequences of our mass delusion about energy and climate are bigger still. This book exposes that tragic exploitation of people in Africa, China, and beyond. Children are essentially used as slaves in Congo to mine cobalt, and China enslaves Uyghurs for a variety of purposes that help the CCP become more dominant. As I explain in my two-part series “Rare Earth Emergency”, Communist China already controls about 95 percent of the rare earth supply chain. In “‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” Todd Royal and Ronald Stein provide far more detail than Clear Energy Alliance could in two 4-minute animated videos. (See our videos on YouTube, search Clear Energy Alliance.)
This book is dense with compelling information, but it’s highly readable even for those who have never studied energy. I found a couple of issues I could quibble with, but only in a matter of degree. For example, it appears Royal & Stein are more concerned about potential problems due to human-induced climate change than I am, but there is certainly room for disagreement here. They still understand that building a resilient energy infrastructure and bringing much more energy to the developing world is far more important than inconsequential efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
The chapters in this book are written to stand alone. This is good for understanding a single issue, however this creates a situation where there is a fair bit of repetition of common themes and facts. Energy is a broad topic with lots of complexity, so repetition is unavoidable. In this book be ready for a little more repetition than normal.
“‘Clean’ Energy Exploitations” is comprehensive without being overly technical. If we could get every high schooler across the world to read it, we could instantly stop the dangerous and destructive mass delusion about wind, solar, and EVs revolutionizing how we live. It’s a false promise, one that will bring incomprehensible amounts of pain, suffering, and economic ruin. I wish Royal and Stein the best of luck in reaching as many people as possible with this important book.
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